Patents by Inventor Nobuki Kobayashi
Nobuki Kobayashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240075789Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO
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Patent number: 6994077Abstract: Cylinders of a diesel engine 1 are provided with cylinder pressure sensors 29a to 29d for detecting combustion chamber pressures. An electronic control unit (ECU) 20 of the engine selects optimum combustion parameters in accordance with a fuel injection mode of fuel injectors 10a to 10d of the engine and a combustion mode determined by the amount of EGR gas supplied from the EGR valve 35 from among a plurality of types of combustion parameters expressing the combustion state of the engine calculated based on the cylinder pressure sensor output and feedback controls the fuel injection amount and fuel injection timing so that the values of the combustion parameters match target values determined in accordance with the engine operating conditions. Due to this, the engine combustion state is controlled to the optimum state at all times regardless of the fuel injection mode or combustion mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuki Kobayashi, Shizuo Sasaki, Taro Aoyama, Kouji Yoshizaki, Hiroki Murata, Yoshiki Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Inagaki, Kiyomi Nakakita, Shoji Nakahara, Yoshihiro Hotta
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Publication number: 20050229903Abstract: Cylinders of a diesel engine 1 are provided with cylinder pressure sensors 29a to 29d for detecting combustion chamber pressures. An electronic control unit (ECU) 20 of the engine selects optimum combustion parameters in accordance with a fuel injection mode of fuel injectors 10a to 10d of the engine and a combustion mode determined by the amount of EGR gas supplied from the EGR valve 35 from among a plurality of types of combustion parameters expressing the combustion state of the engine calculated based on the cylinder pressure sensor output and feedback controls the fuel injection amount and fuel injection timing so that the values of the combustion parameters match target values determined in accordance with the engine operating conditions. Due to this, the engine combustion state is controlled to the optimum state at all times regardless of the fuel injection mode or combustion mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2003Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuki Kobayashi, Shizuo Sasaki, Taro Aoyama, Kouji Yoshizaki, Hiroki Murata, Yoshiki Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Inagaki, Kiyomi Nakakita, Shoji Nakahara, Yoshihiro Hotta
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Patent number: 6804952Abstract: Diesel engine is operated in a first warm-up mode in an early warm-up period after startup so as to accelerate activation of the catalyst, and then in a second warm-up mode in a late warm-up period after the early warm-up period so as to maintain activity of the catalyst. The first warm-up mode provides more energy to the catalyst with exhaust gases than the normal operation mode of the diesel engine. The second warm-up mode provides exhaust gases of higher temperature to the catalyst than the normal operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shizuo Sasaki, Kouji Yoshizaki, Nobuki Kobayashi, Yoshiki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20040163378Abstract: Diesel engine is operated in a first warm-up mode in an early warm-up period after startup so as to accelerate activation of the catalyst, and then in a second warm-up mode in a late warm-up period after the early warm-up period so as to maintain activity of the catalyst. The first warm-up mode provides more energy to the catalyst with exhaust gases than the normal operation mode of the diesel engine. The second warm-up mode provides exhaust gases of higher temperature to the catalyst than the normal operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shizuo Sasaki, Kouji Yoshizaki, Nobuki Kobayashi, Yoshiki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 5334473Abstract: A continuous method of treating a polymer reaction mixture for continuously separating a styrene polymer and volatile ingredient by flowing down, for example, a mixture of low molecular weight styrene polisher and high molecular weight styrene polymer through a circular-ring-shaped space formed between a jacketed double pipe and a concentrically located inner pipe of a heat-exchanger, and flashing into a vacuum chamber connected with said heat-exchanger, is provided.The polymer is useful for the preparation of electrophotographic toner.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1993Date of Patent: August 2, 1994Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Nobuki Kobayashi, Yoku Shiraishi, Takashi Yamamoto, Masaaki Shin
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Patent number: 5206319Abstract: A toner resin suitable for being used in toner compositions or developer compositions for electrostatic imaging is prepared by polymerization of styrene and butadiene in the presence of a mixture of n-dodecyl mercaptan and t-dodecyl mercaptan. The toner resin has defined weight average and number average molecular weights and a defined polydispersity that provide an improved toner resin that can be attained without blending different copolymers while using conventional apparatus. Additionally, the toner resin can exhibit a suitable melt index and glass transition temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1991Date of Patent: April 27, 1993Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Nobuki Kobayashi, Richard L. Hively
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Patent number: 4545031Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring automatically plural sheets of printed papers, includes a plurality of photosensors placed across the printed papers' moving direction for scanning and detecting a printed surface of each printed paper to produce analog signals designating dark levels of the printed surface thereof when each of the printed papers is being transferred, an AD converter for converting the analog signals into digital signals at a plurality of sampling points, a standard memory for storing such digital signals, a plurality of monitoring memories for storing such digital signals, circuitry for comparing the digital signals of the standard memory with the digital signals of the monitoring memories at the corresponding sampling points to decide whether or not the digital signals of the monitoring memories are within a tolerance range of the digital signals of the standard memory so that either "NO" signals or "YES" signals are produced, circuitry for counting only such "NO" signals to produce an "irregularType: GrantFiled: September 13, 1982Date of Patent: October 1, 1985Assignee: Kita Electrics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 4455360Abstract: An electrophotographic toner comprising a constituent resin and a colorant, in which the constituent resin has a softening point ranging from room temperature to 170.degree. C. and comprises (a) a copolymer of cinnamic acid and one or more vinyl monomers, (b) a mixture of a copolymer as defined in (a) and a polymer having good compatibility therewith, (c) a mixture of a copolymer as defined in (a) and cinnamic acid, (d) a mixture of a polymer as defined in (b) and cinnamic acid, or (e) a mixture of a mixture as defined in (b) and cinnamic acid, the cinnamic acid content of the constituent resin being from 1 to 25 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the constituent resin in the case of cinnamic acid copolymerized with one or more vinyl monomers and from 0.1 to 25 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the constituent resin in the case of cinnamic acid present in the uncombined state.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1980Date of Patent: June 19, 1984Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Koji Ishikawa, Hiroshi Ozawa, Nobuki Kobayashi, Yoshio Kikuta, Kenichi Nakane
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Patent number: 4142018Abstract: A process for forming a coating with a metallic finish, which comprises(1) a first step of coating an article with [A] a water-thinnable paint comprising (a) a cross-linkable (meth)acrylate ester copolymer or a mixture of the (meth)acrylate ester copolymers containing at least 0.1 equivalent, per 1,000 g of resin solids, of a carboxyl or carboxyl ion group and a group capable of undergoing a ring-opening reaction with the carboxyl or carboxy ion group upon heating, both of said groups being contained in the same or different copolymers, and having a number average molecular weight of at least 3,000 and (b) metallic scales, and baking the coating paint to form a coating containing the metallic scales and(2) a second step of coating [B] a powder paint comprising a (meth)acrylate ester copolymer having a glycidyl or .beta.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1977Date of Patent: February 27, 1979Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Ozawa, Yoshinori Torii, Nobuki Kobayashi, Koji Ishikawa
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Patent number: 4139672Abstract: A process for forming a coating having a metallic finish, which comprises (I) coating an undercoat paint (A) by electrodeposition on an article to be coated, (II) coating a water-thinnable intermediate coat paint (B) containing metallic scales on the coated surface of the undercoat before the undercoat is baked, (III) baking the undercoat and the intermediate coat, (IV) coating a powdery top coat paint (C) on the baked surface of the intermediate coat, and then (V) baking the top coat, said intermediate coat paint (B) containing a solid resin component at least 60% by weight of the entire resin solids which consists of a (meth)acrylate ester copolymer containing at least 0.1 equivalent, per 1,000 g of the solids content of the copolymer, of carboxyl or carboxyl ion groups and having a number average molecular weight of at least 3,000, and said top coat paint (C) containing a (meth)acrylate ester copolymer containing a glycidyl or .beta.-methlglycidyl group and a polycarboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1976Date of Patent: February 13, 1979Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Ozawa, Yoshinori Torii, Yasuo Okita, Nobuki Kobayashi, Koji Ishikawa
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Patent number: 4048136Abstract: A metallic tone powder coating composition of acrylic resin series which prises a polymer-capsulated metal powder composite material wherein a vinyl monomer is chemically combined with a powder of a metal such as aluminum and a copolymer having a glass transition temperature of at least 20.degree. C wherein the sum of an acrylic ester and a methacrylic ester is at least 30% by weight of the total monomer constituting the copolymer. This powder coating composition provides a coating film having excellent weather-resistance and beautiful appearance and is suited for use in electrostatic powder spraying.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1975Date of Patent: September 13, 1977Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsui Toatsu Chem., Inc.)Inventors: Sadao Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ozawa, Nobuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 4042645Abstract: Solid copolymers are produced by copolymerizing a mixture of: (A) at least 30% by weight of a monomer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is H or CH.sub.3 and R.sub.2 is an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 14 carbon atoms; (B) from 3 to 20% by weight of an ethylenic .alpha., .beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof, or from 3 to 40% by weight of glycidyl acrylate or glycidyl methacrylate; and (C) from 0 to 67% by weight of a monomer copolymerizable with said monomers (A) and (B). Preferably, the mixture is first bulk-polymerized until conversion to the copolymer is from 10 to 80% by weight and the polymerization is completed by suspension-polymerization. Thermosetting solid coating compositions are produced by mixing a major proportion of a solid copolymer so produced with a minor proportion of a cross-linking compound or with an epoxy resin containing at least 2 epoxy radicals in the molecule in presence of a tertiary amine curing accelerator.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1973Date of Patent: August 16, 1977Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Kuniomi Hirota, Akio Masumoto, Hiroshi Ozawa, Nobuki Kobayashi, Teruo Honda
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Patent number: 3954898Abstract: Solid copolymers are produced by copolymerizing a mixture of: (A) at least 30% by weight of a monomer having the formula: ##EQU1## wherein R.sub.1 is H or CH.sub.3 and R.sub.2 is an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 14 carbon atoms; (B) from 3 to 20% by weight of an ethylenic .alpha., .beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof, or from 3 to 40% by weight of glycidyl acrylate or glycidyl methacrylate; and (C) from 0 to 67% by weight of a monomer copolymerizable with said monomers (A) and (B). Preferably, the mixture is first bulk-polymerized until conversion to the copolymer is from 10% to 80% by weight and the polymerization is completed by suspension-polymerization. Thermosetting solid coating compositions are produced by mixing and melting 60 to 95 parts by weight of the solid copolymer and 40 to 5 parts by weight of a cross-linking compound or of an epoxy resin containing at least 2 epoxy radicals in the molecule in presence of a tertiary amine curing accelerator.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1972Date of Patent: May 4, 1976Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Kuniomi Hirota, Akio Masumoto, Hiroshi Ozawa, Nobuki Kobayashi, Teruo Honda
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Patent number: RE32261Abstract: Solid copolymers are produced by copolymerizing a mixture of: (A) at least 30% by weight of a monomer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is H or CH.sub.3 and R.sub.2 is an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 14 carbon atoms; (B) from 3 to 20% by weight of an ethylenic .alpha.,.beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof, or from 3 to 40% by weight of glycidyl acrylate or glycidyl methacrylate; and (C) from 0 to 67% by weight of a monomer copolymerizable with said monomers (A) and (B). Preferably, the mixture is first bulk-polymerized until conversion to the copolymer is from 10 to 80% by weight and the polymerization is completed by suspension-polymerization. Thermosetting solid coating compositions are produced by mixing a major proportion of a solid copolymer so produced with a minor proportion of a cross-linking compound or with an epoxy resin containing at least 2 epoxy radicals in the molecule in presence of a tertiary amine curing accelerator.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1979Date of Patent: October 7, 1986Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Kuniomi Hirota, Akio Masumoto, Hiroshi Ozawa, Nobuki Kobayashi, Teruo Honda